More soil studies. We pulled about 3 feet of soil out of this slope to study the color and texture and then compare it to the Haywood County Soil Survey. Red soil is indicative of oxidized iron. #soils#soilstudy#soilsurvey#evard#fineloam#loam

"Before the continental drift, Red Devonian Slate was found at the equator. We don't know exactly why, but our red slate Riesling's taste entirely different from our blue slate ones, even when they are grown less than 50m apart and made in exactly the same way. Expect lighter more floral Rieslings from blue slate Riesling, and spicier and more tropical ones from red slate."
- Diego Rios, Winemaker at Heymann-Lowenstein
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#roadtrip#germanriesling#vdp#soilstudy

See those white parts of the rock? These are traces of minerals. The glacial lakes contained a high proportion of dissolved minerals. They receded around 10,000 years ago and deposited these minerals onto the rocks, onto which the vines of @culminawinery are planted.